Financial Analyst

Why Guelph:
**What we offer**
We offer competitive wages and comprehensive benefits to meet the needs of our diverse employees. Many of our positions offer:

- Paid vacation days, increasing with years of service
- Paid personal days;
- Hybrid and flexible work arrangements;
- Defined benefit pension plan with OMERS, including 100-per-cent employer matching;
- Extended health and dental benefits, including Health Care Spending Account;
- Employee and Family Assistance Program;
- Parental leave top up program;
- Learning and development opportunities including tuition assistance
- Employee recognition programs.

Position Overview:
**Key duties and responsibilities**
- Develop a solid understanding of assigned departments’ operations and strategic initiatives, and how they interact with financial processes and planning.
- Ensure ongoing regular communication of financial matters between the Finance department and designated department staff by acting as the primary Finance liaison for designated de-partments.
- Understand the financial impacts of changing legislation on operations and make recommen-dations for improvements.
- Assist assigned departments with the development of operating and capital budgets with the lens of incorporating corporate financial policies and strategies like reserve usage and ac-counting structures.
- Assist assigned departments with the development and preparation of all budget related doc-umentation and financial presentations as required.
- Assist assigned departments and Senior Corporate Analysts with the preparation of multi-year forecasts linking to the Strategic Plan and departmental Business Plans.
- Review the financial performance of assigned departments including operating variance anal-ysis, capital spending review, and interim financial reporting.
- Book journal entries as required to address assigned departmental accounting needs including year-end accruals, reserve funding, and reallocations.
- Assist assigned departments with user fee and revenue analysis / forecasting models, capital funding including growth revenues, grants, reserves and reserve funds.
- Attend assigned departmental management meetings to understand emerging financial needs and be the department’s financial advisor.
- Understand departmental financial business needs and recommend on-going improvements including financial systems, revenue collection processes and financial policies, in collaboration with other members of the Finance team as required.
- Participate and act as the Finance liaison on development related departmental projects and studies like Master Plans, project business cases and/or costing, assessing financial impacts of legislative changes, supporting financial policy development and other similar initiatives.
- Review financial implications of legislation, Council or Committee Reports prior to preview to ensure completeness of information in accordance with approved standards, and ensure Man-ager is aware of non-routine financial implications.
- Provide training for assigned departments on the City’s financial, asset maintenance and budgeting systems.
- Assist with other corporate finance responsibilities as required.
- Implement efficiencies in processes through documenting processes and leveraging technolo-gy.
- Participate in departmental team meetings and stay current on emerging Finance department projects and changes as they impact departmental operations.
- Complete special projects or other duties as required.

**Qualifications and requirements**
- Analytical, organizational, project management and report writing skills.
- Ability to communicate and establish and maintain effective working relationships with a di-verse group of stakeholders.
- Advanced skills with financial reporting software (for example: JD Edwards, FMW).
- Advanced computer skills in Microsoft Office software including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Proficiency with data query and analysis tools.
- Ability to work independently and to prioritize to meet strict deadlines.
- Ability to attend meetings at offsite locations as required.

**Hours of work**
35 hours per week Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm. Flexibility would be required to attend evening meeting and to meet departmental needs.

**Pay/Salary**
Non-Union Grade: 5: $83,938.40- $104,923.00

**How to apply